Translated by Rebecca Wenmoth

I am a final year student studying French and Italian at the University of Birmingham. I’ve worked in France, and thanks to the Erasmus program on my year abroad I also worked in Belgium and studied in Italy. After I graduate I would like to pursue a career in translation, and spend at least some of my life living in Europe.

Articles de cet auteur (16)

UNITED IN DIVERSITY : COMMISSION ACTS IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY FOR LGBTQ+ PEOPLE

In a somewhat mixed assessment of the LGBTQ+ rights situation, the European Commission is proposing a strategy for equality. Between pretty words and concrete actions, what should we take away from this valuable initiative ? Let’s revisit some aspects of the strategy that deserve to be (…)

jeudi 24 décembre 2020

New translation : Avec le Digital Services Act, l’Union européenne veut renforcer sa stratégie face aux GAFAM

With the latest investigation of Apple for its potential anti-trust violations, the European Commissioner Margarethe Vestager attacked ‘Big Tech’ companies Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft (GAFAM). The issue : the fines that have been occasionally handed down are insignificant (…)

samedi 19 décembre 2020

Season 1 – 2016-17 On the evening of 23rd...

THE EUROPEAN MAGNIFYING GLASS. As the fourth series of The Crown lands on Netflix with huge success, the Brexit saga seems to be coming to an end in a particularly turbulent time between COVID-19 and tensions in Brussels. Here is a recap of the last four and a half years of a complex divorce.

samedi 19 décembre 2020

In Romania, the liberal-conservative right unseats the liberal-conservative left

The coronavirus epidemic is raging across Europe, but has hit Central and Eastern Europe harder. Although some countries, such as Lithuania and Moldavia, have been able to hold elections, the very worrying public health situation in Romania did not inspire optimism ahead of Sunday’s legislative (…)

mercredi 16 décembre 2020

Belarus : Cracks in Europe’s Last Dictatorship

On August 9th, 2020, the Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko assumed his mandate for the sixth time. As the longest-serving leader in Europe (26 years currently), this dinosaur feeds mainly on political opposition, abuse of democracy, freedom, the rule of law and presidential term limits.

samedi 3 octobre 2020

The El-Sisi Regime : The History and Protagonists of Contemporary Egypt

The case of Patrick Zaki unfolds amid the complex and convoluted Egyptian socio-political context. To fully understand the implications and characteristics of the current el-Sisi regime and the events of the last few years, we need to take a step back and return to the origins of the Egyptian (…)

vendredi 17 juillet 2020

European Perspectives on the “Next Generation EU” recovery fund

A collaborative European Perspectives article with contributions from all six of JEF’s sister webzines.

dimanche 7 juin 2020

The Nordic lockdown model : Sweden stands alone

Why is Sweden still one of the last European countries that has not announced universal lockdown, despite a victim count much higher than that of its Nordic neighbours, who have been sealed off since March ? The degree of respect for rules of social distancing along with a higher sensitivity to personal responsibility seem to explain the ‘Swedish exception’.

vendredi 15 mai 2020

Migration flows in Europe : clichés are dying hard

THE EUROPEAN MAGNIFYING GLASS While our understanding of the migration ‘problem’ is made up of political or economic calculations, it’s high time to see migrants and asylum seekers for what they really are : human beings. “Let’s stop this hypocrisy (…) we are facing an invasion, organised by (…)

jeudi 16 avril 2020

Scottish and European identities : is a marriage possible ?

In a European Union where Euroscepticism is ever-growing, the Scottish government, led by the Scottish National Party (SNP), has differentiated itself from the UK by making it apparent they are ‘Europhile’. This inclination was confirmed in the Brexit vote when Scotland voted to remain. (…)

jeudi 12 mars 2020

Free University : the End of an Ideal ?

Transmission of knowledge at university is fast becoming a commodity like any other. It has a quantifiable price and students sometimes pay dearly for it, especially in the English-speaking world. In Europe, the free vs. fee-paying debate is divisive. What are the issues that surround each side (…)

jeudi 6 février 2020

When the EU makes young people travel

Summer is coming and the European Parliament is taking its annual leave, but that does not necessarily mean that the European Union is completely out for the summer and leaving Europeans stranded on the side of the road. As it happens, those who benefit the most from the EU’s good deals are (…)

vendredi 28 juin 2019
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